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Middle East

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What three religions began in the Middle East?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

2.

This city is considered holy for many religions.

a)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

b)

Bombay, India

c)

Jerusalem, Israel

d)

Tokyo, Japan

3.

Who are the main groups fighting in Israel?

a)

Palestinian Arabs

b)

Egyptian Muslims

c)

Christians

d)

Israeli Jews

4.

The Arab Spring was a series of uprisings where people wanted:

a)

oil money

b)

democracy and freedoms

c)

the freedom to bear arms

d)

ISIS to leave their country

5.

What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?

a)

water

b)

oil/petroleum

c)

diamonds

d)

arable cropland

6.

What is this area called that allows 20% of the world's oil to be shipped out of the Persian Gulf?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Strait of Hormuz

7.

What is the name of the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

Yemen

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Oman

d)

United Arab Emirates

8.

Which Middle Eastern country is in both Asia and Europe?

a)

Turkey

b)

Romania

c)

Somalia

d)

Israel

9.

This summer in Saudi Arabia, this group that has had few rights will be given the right to drive motor vehicles.

a)

Jews

b)

Shia Muslims

c)

Sunni Muslims

d)

women

10.

This country has one of the lowest "freedom" scores in the world. Millions of refugees have fled the raging civil war.

a)

Jordan

b)

North Korea

c)

Israel

d)

Syria

11.

These Palestinian territories are inside the borders of Israel.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Bethlehem

c)

West Bank

d)

Golan Heights

12.

This war happened on June 5-10th, 1967, and resulted in Israel capturing the Old City of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and other areas.

a)

Islamic Revolution

b)

Six-Day War

c)

Korean War

d)

Iranian Hostage Crisis

13.

The Middle East and other areas were held for about 700 years by this empire, which collapsed as a result of World War I.

a)

German Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

d)

Russian Empire

14.

The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Holocaust

c)

pogroms targeting them